Bacon-Palooza at SoHo Digital Art Gallery

Bacon-Palooza is an annual autism charity event where everything on the menu includes that greasy, salty, strip of pork that everyone loves. This three day ordeal kicked off on Friday, October 15 at the SoHo Digital Art Gallery. It's a small venue, with two levels. There are white-framed TV screens on the walls where various bacon-themed pictures are showcased. The drink menu included The B.L.T, which is Bakon Vodka mixed with some tomato juice and topped with a small leaf of lettuce. It was very good and tasted like a bloody mary. There's also the Bakon-N-Egg Cream which included Bakon Vodka, milk, chocolate syrup, and Seltzer. I did not like this one as much and considering all the ingerdients it was a little flavorless.

And of course there was the food; the delicious hors d'oeuvres. The first thing I saw was the bacon wrapped Shrimp with Chipotle BBQ. It was a little too salty for me but was good nonetheless. The Balsamic Bacon-wrapped sea scallops were also delicious, as well as the BLT Croustade with Baconnaise. The crowd favorites were definitely the Bacon Tempura and the Chocolate Dipped Bacon. They were a little addictive, actually. This is obviously a very meat heavy event so come with a strong stomach and don't eat too much beforehand.

Unfortunately the event organizers did not expect the turnout to be so high so about an hour and a half into the party, they ran out of food. The Bakon drinks lasted a little longer but that eventually ran out as well. To make up for those who paid to get in but didn't get any grub, the organizers is giving them discounted tickets for their Sunday Brunch.

Bacon-Palooza party is going to continue today, from 2pm to 8:30pm and tomorrow from 12pm to 4pm. You can look forward to a bacon eating contest, gourmet bacon tasting, a bacon musical, and a bacon brunch. Check out the official site for more information and to purchase tickets.

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